• The PHS volleyball team celebrates a point. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS sophomore Nora Stanley hits through the defense of Elise Hartle (15) and Ophelia Johnson (12). (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Nora Stanley (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s Avery Smith battles Junction City’s Aspen Gambee at the net. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Avery Smith (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Isabelle Muir, left, and Shaylee May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Isabelle Muir (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Shaylee May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Shaylee May (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Warriors junior Shaylee May tries to power the ball through Junction City’s blockers. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Taylor Hudson (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Taylor Hudson (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS senior Zoee Howard avoids Junction City’s blockers on a hit in the third set. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Zoee Howard (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Coach Whitney Rasmussen (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Ashleigh Brown (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kynlee Albin (3) and Zoee Howard (11) (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Kynlee Albin (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.